Opportunity Information: Apply for 2023NEA01ORALABS
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Research Labs, FY 2024 opportunity supports longer-term, transdisciplinary research teams that use social and behavioral science approaches to produce solid, empirical evidence about the arts and their value. The program is designed to move beyond one-off studies by funding research "labs" that function as hubs or centers of excellence, building a sustained body of knowledge over time. The larger goal is to strengthen public understanding of how the arts contribute to individuals, communities, and society, while also generating practical findings and evidence-based tools that can be used not only in the arts sector, but also in areas like healthcare, education, and business/management.
A key feature of this program is that it funds multi-year research agendas rather than a single, discrete project. Each NEA Research Lab is expected to design and carry out a coordinated pipeline of studies and related activities that build on one another throughout the grant period. In addition to completing at least one major study, labs are expected to produce and share outputs that make the work useful and visible to others, such as reports, products or services, and a public-facing website. Applicants who only want support for one specific study are directed instead to the NEA Research Grants in the Arts program, which is better suited to standalone projects.
The research must align with NEA priority areas laid out in its FY 2022-2026 research agenda. Topics of special interest include measuring the impacts of the arts on U.S. economic growth and/or innovation, cognition and learning, and health and wellness for individuals. The program also prioritizes research aimed at monitoring and improving systems related to the arts, including community health and/or revitalization, diversity/equity/inclusion/accessibility (DEIA) in the arts, and other dimensions of the broader arts ecology. The NEA encourages applicants to consult its research agenda for more detail and for example questions tied to each priority topic, signaling that proposals should be clearly grounded in those thematic areas and demonstrate a strong rationale for their research design.
Eligibility is broad across government, education, and nonprofit research entities. Eligible applicants include state, county, city or township, and special district governments; independent school districts; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; and nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education institutions). While the narrative emphasizes that institutions of higher education and nonprofit research and policy organizations may apply to be NEA Research Labs, the eligibility list indicates that various public entities may also qualify as applicants depending on their role and capacity.
This is a discretionary grant program administered by the National Endowment for the Arts, listed under CFDA 45.024. The funding opportunity number is 2023NEA01ORALABS, and the opportunity category is discretionary with the funding instrument type listed as a grant. The posted award ceiling is $150,000. The opportunity record shows an original closing date of 2023-03-27 and a creation date of 2023-01-12. Overall, the program is structured to encourage durable, collaborative research partnerships that can consistently produce credible evidence and practical knowledge about the arts, with benefits that extend well beyond traditional arts audiences.Apply for 2023NEA01ORALABS
- The National Endowment for the Arts in the arts sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NEA Research Labs, FY 2024" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 45.024.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-01-12.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-03-27. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $150,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.
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